Damping parametric instabilities in future gravitational wave detectors by means of electrostatic actuators

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 788-794

  Miller, John ^a,c   Evans, Matthew ^a   Barsotti, Lisa ^a   Fritschel, Peter ^a   MacInnis, Myron ^a   Mittleman, Richard ^a   Shapiro, Brett ^a   Soto, Jonathan ^a   Torrie, Calum ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrostatic drive; Gravitational wave; Interferometer; Parametric instability

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERFEROMETERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ACTUATION FORCE; ELECTROSTATIC DRIVE; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; OSCILLATORY INSTABILITY; PARAMETRIC INSTABILITIES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 78650910204     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2010.12.032     Document Type: Article

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